Make a personalized gift with special, customized words for Dad. A new alternative to sterling silver, Alkemé™ stamping blanks make personalizing gifts easy and fun.
Made with a newly formulated, non-corrosive metal alloy, these metal discs allow for intricate, detailed stamping at just a light tap of a hammer. Plus, Alkemé™ stamping blanks are lead-, nickel and cadmium-free. Just buff with a soft cloth, like you do with silver. It’s a great, affordable option to using sterling silver, and looks fantastic.
Leather KeyChain with Alkemé Blank
Dads are heroes, don’t you agree? They fix the sink when clogged, change out the burned-out light bulb, chase away monsters under your bed and even drive you to the mall. We have this easy leather keychain to remind him of his superhero qualities. Refer to our How to Rivet blog post for a tutorial on how to rivet leather and our metal stamping blog post on how to stamp metal blanks.
What you’ll need:
- Stamped Alkemé blank
- 6” of 10mm leather
- Key Ring and jump ring
- 6mm compression rivet and 6mm rivet setter
- Metal working tools
Leather Cord Wrap Bracelet
This simple bracelet is for the fishing enthusiast Dad. Using this stylish fish hook clasp, 2mm leather cord and an Alkemé dangle blank, he is sure to wear this bracelet all day, every day, fishing, or non-fishing.
What you’ll need:
Leather KeyChain with Alkemé Blank
- (1) MCKR0002 – Key Ring
- (1) Z009650 – 1 1/4 Inch 18 Gauge Silver Dog Tag Alkeme™ Metal Stamping Blank
- (1) A001530 – 8mm Jump Ring
- (6) CH00185 – 10mm Brown/Turquoise Flat Leather
- (1) TC01679 – 6mm Antique Copper Compression Rivet
- Tool: TC01812 – 6mm Rivet Setter
- Letter Stamps: TL00191 – 3mm Bridgette Metal Letters Stamping Set
Leather Cord Wrap Bracelet
- (1) A019153 – 5/8 x 1/4 Inch Oval Tag Soft Strike Aluminum Stamping Blank
- (1) A021702 – Antique Silver Multi Fish Hook
- (1) Y002922 – 1.3mm Natural Orange Leather Cord
- (1) A001530 – 8mm Jump Ring
- Letter Stamps: TL00191 – 3mm Bridgette Metal Letters Stamping Set
nice creativity for loving father.. thankufather
what size hole do you punch in the leather tab? thank you
We advise that when you punch holes in leather for rivet, always start with the smallest setting. If your rivet does not slip through, re-punch the hole with the next size. However, for this project, according to the hole punch we used (TL00043), it is the 2.4mm hole size.